Larry Holdren

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	30 to 60 years
Years Imprisoned:	16
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	West Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Kanawha
City of Crime:	Marmet
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Larry Holdren was wrongly convicted of six counts of sexual assault in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Holdren. His petition to vacate his conviction and for a new trial was granted in June 1999 without opposition by the Kanawha County District Attorney's Office, and Holdren was released on bail from prison. A motion by the DA's Office to dismiss the charges was granted in January 2000. Larry Holdren filed a state lawsuit against the hospital that lost evidence in his case, and the State of West Virginia agreed to settle the case for $1.65 million in compensation and in July 2003 mailed the check to Holdren's law firm. In August 2003 Holdren sued the Charleston law firm of DiTrapano Barrett & DiPiero for the lawfirms failure to disburse the money to him plus damages. The law firm insisted they were entitled to 40% of the settlement -- $660,000, and Holdren to 60% -- $990,000. Holdren claimed that they were representing him pro bono, and out of good will he offered to pay them $75,000."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Holdren as the assailant.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$2.65 million total. $1.65 million (State of West Virginia, July 2003) and $1 million (state lawsuit against hospital that lost evidence)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	44
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=64
Information Source 2:	Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct
Information Location 2:	http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38
Information Source 3:	"Exonerated prisoner fights for compensation: Lawyers holding $1.65 million, he says, By Charles Shumaker, The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV), August 7, 2003"
Information Location 3:	https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13830739.html
Information Source 4:	"Man cleared on rape charge suing law firm, By Associated Press, Charleston Daily Mail, August 7, 2003"
Information Location 4:	https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9893811.html
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Larry Holdren

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

30 to 60 years

Years Imprisoned:

16

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

West Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Kanawha

City of Crime:

Marmet

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Holdren as the assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$2.65 million total. $1.65 million (State of West Virginia, July 2003) and $1 million (state lawsuit against hospital that lost evidence)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

Information Location 1:

http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=64

Information Source 2:

Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

Information Location 2:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

Information Source 3:

"Exonerated prisoner fights for compensation: Lawyers holding $1.65 million, he says, By Charles Shumaker, The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV), August 7, 2003"

Information Location 3:

https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13830739.html

Information Source 4:

"Man cleared on rape charge suing law firm, By Associated Press, Charleston Daily Mail, August 7, 2003"

Information Location 4:

https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9893811.html

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